On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 08:58, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I have noticed that from SLAX liveCD, one has total and free access to > the home partition of all Linux (Fedora) accounts in the hard-disk of > the computer. In this way, with a SLAX disk, everyone can spy all > accounts in the hard-disk. How can this be prevented? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul As others have pointed out, if you do not have physical security of your system there is no way to prevent someone from accessing the system. The only thing that can be done is to encrypt your data files and keep the keys or passwords protected. But even that does not guarantee that someone won't be able to break the encryption given enough time and resources. This is true of any system out there. This is why many companies institute a two man rule for some equipment rooms. If someone needs access to the cage with sensitive servers/data two people must enter and leave the room at the same time. The idea is that no one is left alone with the equipment. They also will have cameras recording anything that happens.
